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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  1249 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Roseville  Telephone  Company 
 Request  for  Extension  of  Time 
 To  File  Initial  Cost  Allocation  Manual 


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 ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  7,  2000  Released:  June  7,  2000 
 By  the  Chief,  Accounting  Safeguards  Division: 
 1.  On  May  31,  2000,  Roseville  Telephone  Company  (Roseville)  through  its  attorneys 
 Fletcher,  Heald  &  Hildreth,  P.  L.  C.  requested  a  120-  day  extension  of  time  to  file  its  initial  cost  allocation 
 manual  (CAM).  Roseville  is  required  to  file  a  CAM  because  its  annual  operating  revenue  exceeded  the 
 indexed  revenue  threshold  of  $112  million  for  the  first  time  in  1998.  In  accordance  with  the  Commission’s 
 rules  1  incumbent  local  exchange  carriers  (ILECs)  exceeding  the  indexed  threshold  for  the  first  time  must 
 file  their  initial  CAM  within  90  days  of  the  publication  of  the  indexed  threshold  in  the  federal  register.  The 
 1998  indexed  threshold  was  published  in  the  federal  register  on  September  9,  1999,  and  therefore,  Roseville 
 was  required  to  file  its  initial  CAM  by  December  9,  1999.  On  December  2,  1999,  the  Chief,  Accounting 
 Safeguards  Division  granted  Roseville  an  extension  of  time  until  June  9,  2000,  to  file  its  initial  CAM.  2 


 2.  Roseville  gives  several  reasons  why  it  is  seeking  an  additional  extension  of  time.  First, 
 Roseville  states  that  although  it  has  increased  the  size  of  its  staff  to  handle  the  regulatory  duties  associated 
 with  the  initial  CAM  filing,  these  employees  have  also  been  occupied  with  information  requests  related  to 
 multiple  California  Public  Utilities  Commission  proceedings.  Second,  the  implementation  of  new  systems  to 
 compile  CAM  information  will  most  likely  not  be  completed  prior  to  the  current  deadline  of  June  9. 
 Finally,  Roseville  intends  to  use  another  carrier’s  Class  B  CAM  as  a  model  for  its  own  initial  CAM  filing 
 once  Commission  staff  has  completed  its  review  of  the  Class  B  CAM  filings.  Eligible  ILECs  filed  Class  B 
 CAMs  on  April  3,  2000,  and  the  pleading  cycle  for  comments  on  the  Class  B  CAMs  is  not  complete. 
 Roseville  states  that  a  120-  day  extension  of  time  would  be  in  the  public  interest,  because  it  will  allow 
 Roseville  time  to  produce  a  CAM  in  a  careful,  accurate  manner  and  also  allow  it  to  submit  informal  drafts 


 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §64.903(  a). 


 2  Among  other  reasons,  Roseville  requested  the  initial  extension  of  time  because  it  had  entered  a  Y2K 
 “network  stabilization”  period  to  protect  critical  information  systems  and  had  dedicated  a  significant  amount  of 
 its  resources  toward  installation  of  a  new  computer  system.  See  Roseville  Telephone  Company  Request  for 
 Extension  of  Time  to  File  Initial  Cost  Allocation  Manual,  14  FCC  Rcd  20729  (2000). 
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 to  the  Bureau  for  review  before  the  CAM  is  filed  formally. 
 3.  We  have  reviewed  Roseville’s  request  for  an  extension  of  time  to  file  its  initial  CAM. 
 Although  we  do  not  routinely  grant  extensions  of  time,  we  are  persuaded  that  the  grant  of  Roseville’s 
 request  is  warranted.  We  find  merit  in  Roseville’s  request.  An  extension  of  time  will  cause  no  harm  to  the 
 public  interest.  We,  therefore,  grant  Roseville  an  extension  of  time  until  October  10,  2000  to  file  its  initial 
 CAM. 


 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  Sections  0.91,  0.291,  and  1.46  of  the 
 Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91,  0.291,  and  1.46,  that  Roseville’s  request  for  an  extension  of  time 
 until  October  10,  2000,  to  file  its  initial  cost  allocation  manual  IS  GRANTED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Kenneth  P.  Moran 
 Chief,  Accounting  Safeguards  Division 
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